I know, that's why I didn't rip on " all y'all" too much.

 

^ See, your already gettin some southern in ya.

Once you start to talk like one of us, your stuck.

 

We'll convert this yankee to a damn yankee yet...

 

BTW: I was serious with the ice storms.... My 2WD gets around just fine in a foot of snow. But even a 1/16" or more of ice either on top of the snow or on the ground and even the meanest 4wd's can't get traction!

 

You'd be surprised how many Northerners find themselves in the median or off the shoulder during icy conditions here in NC. Most of the people from around here are scared to death of bad driving conditions. Most of the northerners here aren't scared enough. It creates some interesting entertainment on days I'm stuck driving in poor weather. No doubt.

 

You know you are from (central) Pennsylvania when:

You have an uncontrollable urge to buy bread and milk when you hear the word "snow."
You say the correct pronunciation LANG-kist-er instead of the mispronounced Lan-CAST-er, and LEB-en-in instead of the equally incorrect Leb-a-NON.
You know the only way to make good fastnachts is to cook them in LARD.
You live within two miles of a plant that makes potato chips, corn chips,pretzels, candy, or ice cream, or that packages turkeys, beans, or bologna.
You can stop along the road to buy fruits, vegetables, or crafts on the "honor system."
You know what REAL pot pie is.
YOUR turkey has "filling," not "stuffing," and most certainly, NOT "dressing."
You know that chicken corn soup from a fire house is the most nearly perfect food on earth.
You say things like, "Outen the lights," "I'm calling off today," and "They're calling for snow."
You've heard of distelfinks and hex signs.
You only buy your beer and soda by the case.
You think the roads in any other state are smooth.
You know the Penn State cheer, and although you've never attended PennState, you are a most obnoxious Penn State fan. (WE ARE...ANNOYING!)
Hearing horses clopping down a paved street doesn't bring you to the window to see what's going on outside.
You never see any Confederate Flags, except on the Gettysburg Battlefield.
You prefer Hershey's Chocolate to Godiva.
You consider Pittsburgh to be "out west," and you know the fastest way to Philly is the Turnpike.
School closings due to snow take the radio stations a half an hour to finish, because just about every town has its own school district.
When someone says 1972, you think "Agnes," and when someone says 1979, you think "TMI."
You call sloppy joes "barbecue."
When it snows, they put cinders on the roads instead of sand.
You can give directions to Intercourse with a straight face.
Know that Yuengling is pronounced "Ying-ling," and believe that it really is a premium beer (which comes from growing up on Schlitz and Iron City).
Have the Rolling Rock bottle memorized: "From the glass lined tanks of Old Latrobe, we tender this premium beer for your enjoyment. . . . "
Know that Wilkes-Barre is pronounced "Wilks Berry."
Can pronounce "Knoebels."
Can pronounce (or spell) "Schuylkill."
Live for summer, when street fairs signal the beginning of funnel cake season.
Have a day off school on the Monday after Thanksgiving, which is the first day of hunting season.
Never have to worry about being stuck in a ditch when it's snowing. -someone in a 4WD pickup with tow chains will be along shortly.
Elect pro-life Democrats and pro-choice Republicans for Governor (i.e., Casey and Ridge)
Frequently go "with," e.g., "You going to the market? Mind if I come with?"
Refer to something as "a whole nother," e.g., "That's a whole nother issue."

 

 

Well, I lived in Uniontown PA for 11 months. The only three beers were Iron City, Rolling Rock, which I drank before moving there, and since moving back home(WITH LIME!!), and Stoneys. Stoneys was an excellent beer! I know winter lasts nine and a half months, and to NEVER move the steering wheel when going over a short icy bridge at 60mph. I also know that potholes will make you lose control of your 4x4 Ranger. It doesn't matter if you remember it being there, it's there now, lol! I also remember most people melting two words together, lol. Examples....Living groom, Plastic cwrap, etc etc. Most of all I remember trying to make a relationship work, that was probably doomed before I moved there. I began to realize I was a truck driver with an 11 month layover, lol. I also know I will never live there again, since heaven is located somewhere in the vicinity of the TX Gulf Coast. I love it here, and never plan to leave again.,,,,98

 

4 years of college in Williamsport and I think I picked up a few of those. I always liked central PA. Maybe someday when they finally screw up NYS enough I'll be back.

 

fatman66,

Can we add one more to your list?

15. If you have a cat, cat’s, kittens etc and you intend for them to live a long normal life KEEP THEM IN THE HOUSE or else they could end up as a speed bump…

 

Here's some for all the NJ fans out there...

You Know You're From South Jersey, If...

You've had arguments over cheese steak quality.

A cheese steak or Italian sub is a gourmet meal.

When it snows more then an inch, you call it a blizzard.

You’ve had Lyme Disease.

You only have two real sports teams and one of them usually sucks.

You never saw a deer bigger than a German Sheppard until you went to PA.

You have to be sedated and restained whenever you go to the DMV less you might kill someone.

You don't understand why there aren't more 24-hour dinners elsewhere in the country.

You can't give someone directions unless they know what a WAWA is and the location of at least 20 of them.

You don't know the names of any of the locals roads, only the RT numbers.

You don't think its funny when someone asks "What exit you from?"

You think WalMart is some crappy store the Southerner's came up with in an evil attempt to infect the North with Southern culture.

You know that Camden is not a good place to be after dark.

You don't understand why everybody think New York City is so nice.

You believe that Road Rage is a game.

You can't stand a$$hols that squat in the left lane.

You can name all the flavors of salt-water taffy.

Your car is covered in yellowish-green dust in April and May.

You can successfully navigate a traffic circle.

You've counted the number of strip joints on the Black Horse Pike.

You have at least 6 pizza joints in your town and none of them are called "Dominoes" or "Papa Johns".

You've actually called a restaurant a "Joint".

The Franklin Institute was the hot spot for class trips when you were a kid.

You know what cedar water is.

You know that ACME is an actual store, not just a Warner Bros. creation.

"He's a *****ing Jerk-off" is a perfectly acceptable way to describe someone.

You have mandatory recycling enforced by law.

You don't have to go to Red Lobster to get fresh seafood.

You've made a meal out of Tastycakes, Herrs BBQ Potato Chips and Pennsylvania Dutch Birch Beer.

Down the road, in the middle of nowhere, is an Egyptian restaurant and a custard stand with a miniature golf course.

You can go bowling at 1:30am with automatic scoring.

Since your town was founded before 1776, all the restaurants, taverns and shops have a "ye", "olde", and "colonial" in their names.

You once said "It smells like Philadelphia in here"

You swam in the ocean after the hypodermic needle scare.

You know that it can be 70 degrees in January.

There's a fruit and vegetable stand down the road.

The word "YO" is a part of your vocabulary, and you use it often.



KC-10 FE out...

 

...you actually eat shoe-fly pie.

Good stuff...

 

Hey! Virginia is southern! The capital of the confedracy was here!

 

Vader, I am originally from maryland (Born at GW hospital in DC, went to DeMatha high school, went to U of M college Park), lived there 24 years of my life. Then I moved up to upstate ny for about a year. People up there said Maryland was southern and that I talked with a southern accent. I then moved to NC and people callled me a yankee and that I had a northern accent. WTF?

I have been down here 9 years. I married a southern girl (God bless 'em). The in-laws would jokingly tease me about Marylanders being yankees. So I did a little research. Seems that most southerners feel that if you are from north of the Mason-Dixon Line that you are a yankee. Well, I had to educate most of them of where exactly the M/D Line was. Maryland is indeed south of the M/D Line as kobiashi found. However, during the Civil War Maryland was forced to fight on the side of the Union army because if the did not then all supplies/roads to Washington D.C, would have been severed. If given a choice, Maryland would have fought on the side of the Confederacy, due to its heavy agricultural industry.

So long story short

According to the M/D Line, you are a southerner
According to who side you fought on during the Civil War, you are a Northerner (by force).

History Class Dismissed

 

The only thing you need too know is too know better then to do it in the first place....
If you weren't born there then why would you be there.. ??????